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I just bought a pedal from Bob. He's a pleasure to deal with. Great comms and a well packed parcel that arrived the next day. Definitely recommended.

Thank you Bob.

Alex.

Oh yes. My originals band rehearses all with IEMs at our drummer's studio. We record everything we play via USB. Direct to Logic via USB works fine. To USB drive is awesome too, especially for gigs. The UI needs USB sticks with decent write speed to record multitracks without glitches. Lots of people on the FB group suggest various USB sticks that work for them. I tried a couple and got mixed results. The best stick for me was a particular Sandisk. I ended up getting a 500gb solid state drive, via a powered USB hub (because the UI USB doesn't put out much power) into the UI and it works perfectly every time.

On 30/07/2023 at 11:21, Happy Jack said:

The one that catches my eye is the Soundcraft Ui24R. It ain't cheap, but it seems to tick all our boxes.

 

Does anyone have any experience with any of these? Or any that I've missed?

 

I've had a UI24R since 2019 and I found it to be a really good mixer. On those rare occasion that 16 inputs aren't enough the UI has 20, that's so useful. I'ts not strictly an app that you use to control it, you connect via IP address, so any device can control it with any browser. I have two old iPad 3 that I hand out to musicians which still work just fine. It has 8 mono (or up to 4 stereo) auxes, but I have assigned 1 of the 2 headphone outputs to be a stereo aux (hardwired for drums or keys) too. (The other headphone out might be able to send another aux out, but I'd have to check if that's correct) There is a learning curve but I like the control layout and options. There's a  really good FB user group, go there to read & learn all about it. It can be occasionally quirky but its awesome IMHO.

If mine died I'd buy another in a heartbeat. My main mixer now for functions and PA jobs is an Allen & Heath SQ5 but the Ui24R is a very capable back up for me. I use the UI for my originals band as it's so portable. We run 4 stereo mixes and I'm about to build a splitter rack for our gigs so we can control our on stage monitoring and the house engineer can do his/her thing out front.

I also have my trusty DL1608 which I rate highly too, great for smaller gigs. Mackie put together a lovely app to learn quickly & navigate.

I just bought a pedal from Si. Comms were great and he shipped quickly. A top packing job too which is always appreciated with valuable goods.

Definitely recommended, I'd be more than happy to deal with him again.

Thanks Si.

It's pretty easy.

First select Snapshot 1. Go to Command centre and highlight 'Instant 1'. Change 'Command' to BankPC. Change 'MIDI Channel' to match the MIDI channel of the device you want to control. Then use the Page Right button to go to Command Centre Page 2. Change 'Program' to the PC value you want to send.

(If your Snapshot Edits are set to Discard in Global Settings, you then need to save the preset now)

Now select Snapshot 2. Go to the same instance and just change the 'Program' number to another PC value. (And save if needed)

Now select Snapshot 3. Go to the same instance and just change the 'Program' number to another PC value. (And save if needed)

That's it. Let me know if that worked ok for you.

I got some superb clean bass tones using the Fender Princeton model on my Stomp. It's always worth trying the guitar stuff out for bass.

I just sold a pedal to Dan. As always, he's easy to deal with and a great BCer to trade with.

I just bought something from Ross. He was a pleasure to deal with. Definitely recommended.

I noticed my Stomp rebuilding presets a handful of times on start up, after the update. It's not doing it now though.

I use a Roland EV-5 expression pedal with my Stomp and it's used for effect or distortion wet/dry blend. But as I change wet/dry levels, I've also programmed in volume and EQ adjustments as needed.

If I remember correctly, power supplies like the Cioks can happily give more current to a single output than is rated. As long as the total current draw on the power supply doesn't exceed the maximim rated, you'll be fine. I think it was Mr Cioks who said that in one of his videos.

I just sold a pedal to Ed. It was another very easy BC sale, he's a nice guy and a pleasure to deal with.

Thanks Ed.

I just bought a cab from Alex. He kindly held it for me until I was in his area to collect. Top BCer, recommended. 
Thanks Alex. 

I just bought a pedal from Nigel. He's easy to deal with, and the parcel arrived really well packed.

Thanks.

I just bought a pedal from JPJ. Another easy BC purchase. Recommended.

PM'd

I just bought a bass from Dave. A nice guy and another very easy BC transaction. Recommended.

I just got a VVT Series/Parallel loom for my Jaguar. Another lovely build from John. Sounds fab too.

Adding external effects can cause the return signal to be mixed back in slightly later than the original, hence the comb filtering/phasing that you're getting. Also, some effect pedals actually flip the phase of their output signal, which will cause issues in loops.

As said above, check your external effects one by one to find the culprit and remove it from the loop.

I ditched my MS60B because it only allows 4 effects at a time. The MS70CDR allows 6 and MS50G allows 5, and with the Zoom Effect Manager editor (it's not an official Zoom program) you can choose to install any effect from the MS, B1 and G1 pedals and ditch the effects you don't need. My CDR now has only my favourite 15 effects & amps installed.

I've not come across that before. Do a back up then a factory reset. That cures most niggles.

3 minutes ago, pn_day said:

I should have said - I'm building a tone to go direct from Stomp into the PA - we run IEMs and have no backline - and therefore I was wondering about adding an IR / cab to shape the tone before handing off to the sound person. 

Don't forget that the PA guy is used to hearing a dry DI sound from your amp and/or bass. He really won't care if there's a cab model or not. As long as it sounds good, it is good, however you build your presets.

As always, it's horses for courses. I've stuck to amp models only for a couple of years now but in the last week I've been messing about with some cab models, and I've got a killer SVT preset and my Motown preset is coming along nicely. I guess I understand better how the Stomp works & sounds now and I'm getting much better results with cabs now than I did when I'd just bought the Stomp. It's all about the fine tuning.

I have found a simple way of dramatically changing the way a cab sounds is to scroll through all the mic options as they all sound so different. I usually find a couple of mic models that sound close to what I like before I apply any major EQ to the preset.

Just stick to an amp model without a cab so you sound more like a DI on your bass head.

Also, for a clean tone I'm getting great results with the Fender Princeton amp model.

It’s pretty simple. Just have the ‘minimum value’ higher than the ‘maximum value’, and you’ll decrease the parameter value as you sweep the pedal forward.